Chris McFadyen
Top Headlines: Alabama to debut Apple, Google contact tracing, Truck movement increases
Alabama, North Dakota And South Carolina to debut Apple and Google’s Covid-19 contact tracing
Apple and Google released software on Wednesday that will allow public...
Navy’s $5.5 Billion for 10 Frigates 56% Under Mark?
April 30 brought bitterly disappointing news to shipbuilder Austal USA, with the Navy's announcement that a competing shipyard in Wisconsin won the bid to...
Get New Cyber Security Creds for Defense Contracts
October 2020 is a looming deadline for all Alabama companies who contract with or plan to contract with the Department of Defense.
That's the date...
Top Headlines: Alabama 4th highest in Covid physician pay, Millions haven’t received unemployment payments
Alabama 4th highest in physician pay during Covid crisis
Medscape released its "Physician Compensation Report 2020," examining how COVID-19 affected clinician salaries. Alabama ranked 4th...
Alabama Tourism Flagships in Full Sail
The resorts of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail — flagships of the Alabama tourism industry — are reopening most of their services this...
Mexican Suppliers Stall Mercedes Restart
The Mercedes-Benz USA plant in Tuscaloosa will be temporarily idled this week, owing to a shortage of parts from Mexican suppliers, the company announced...
Robins & Morton Tops Out $256 Million Hospital Tower
Birmingham-based construction company Robins & Morton recently marked the structural completion of a $256 million, six-story addition to a Florida hospital, AdventHealth Tampa.
The traditional...
Top Headlines: Economy faces tough journey back, Many low-wage workers earn more on unemployment
Reports: World economy faces tough journey back from crisis
Two reports out Monday predict that global growth will struggle to bounce back from the lockdowns,...
Top Headlines: States begin reopening, Autoworkers return to factories
48 states will be open in some capacity in the next 48 hours
From the spinning of the slot machines in casinos to the straightening...
Year of Natural Wonder, Not Viral Tedium
The largely rural or so-called "empty states" have begun to advertise their open spaces as a safety advantage in the upended world of virus...